Network traffic monitoring: BSD monitor verifying encryption

Hi folks: (1) I'm only used Wireshark and Ethereal to inspect network traffic, and I've only used these on several occasion. Would someone suggest FreeBSD alternatives (console or xserver based? (2) I'm testing my connection to a remote server. The connection is supposed to be encrypted.

Re: Network traffic monitoring: BSD monitor verifying encryption

Daniel Underwood wrote: Hi folks: (1) I'm only used Wireshark and Ethereal to inspect network traffic, and I've only used these on several occasion. Would someone suggest FreeBSD alternatives (console or xserver based? tcpdump(1). It can save to a pcap file for later review within

Re: Network traffic monitoring: BSD monitor verifying encryption

Daniel Underwood wrote: Hi folks: (1) I'm only used Wireshark and Ethereal to inspect network traffic, and I've only used these on several occasion. Would someone suggest FreeBSD alternatives (console or xserver based? wireshark, formerly known as ethereal works just fine on FreeBSD. If you

Re: Network traffic monitoring: BSD monitor verifying encryption

Thanks for the help. I couldn't find any flags/fields in TCP packets indicated whether encrypted (as in the case of SSH packets). There isn't any, right? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Network traffic monitoring: BSD monitor verifying encryption

Daniel Underwood wrote: Thanks for the help. I couldn't find any flags/fields in TCP packets indicated whether encrypted (as in the case of SSH packets). There isn't any, right? No. TCP (Transport Layer) knows nothing about encryption/encoding, and hence there is no room (or need) within

Re: Network traffic monitoring: BSD monitor verifying encryption

Daniel Underwood wrote: Thanks for the help. I couldn't find any flags/fields in TCP packets indicated whether encrypted (as in the case of SSH packets). There isn't any, right? Correct: there isn't anything like that in the TCP headers. Encryption on TCP streams is an application level